Schizophrenia: Non biological treatment (CBT)

Question 1

What is a therapy method used to treat mental illness’ like schizophrenia

Answer 1

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Question 2

Describe what CBT is

Answer 2

Form of therapy that combines the cognitive approach and and learning thearies concepts to try and change the way a person thinks

Question 3

What is the aim of CBT

Answer 3

Help clients identify irrational thoughts and try to change them

Question 4

How does CBT challenge irrational thinking

Answer 4

• Therapist tries to reduce stress of a situation because people with schizophrenia tend to be more vulnerable to stress
• Therapist will build self awareness of the disease to the patient, this will help patient indentify situations which cause decomposition.

Question 5

Why are schizophrenics more prone to stress

Answer 5

They lack necessary coping skills to manage their symptoms.

Question 6

How can CBT help challenge delusions and hallucinations

Answer 6

By challenging the clients precieved reality using behavioural experiments.

Question 7

Why are behavioural experiments used as opose to talking to them

Answer 7

It can be difficult to talk clients out of their beliefs as they precieve it all to be true.

Question 8

Give an example of behavioural experiments being put into use

Answer 8

If a clients feels like people are trying to harm him, tell him to make a note everytime this happens aswell as evidence for this.

Question 9

How can this evidence then be used in therapy sessions

Answer 9

Evidence can be challenged to help the individual differentiate between precieved reality and confirmed reality.

Question 10

How can CBT treat for symptoms like ‘social withdrawl’

Answer 10

Every time the client puts themselves in a social environment/encounter they can be awarded with positive reinforcement.

Question 11

How can this positive reinforcement help the client

Answer 11

Client will become more willing and confident to put himself in social situations helping reduce symptoms.

Question 12

EVALUATION

Answer 12

EVALUATION

Question 13

What is a strength of CBT for drug resisting clients

Answer 13

It’s a good alternative for drug resisting clients

Question 14

What is evidence of this

Answer 14

research conducted showed drug resisting clients responded better to CBT. Hallucinations and delusions were reduced

Question 15

What does that research evidence suggests

Answer 15

CBT is a good second line of defence for clients who don’t respond well to antipsychotics.

Question 16

What is a weakness of using CBT

Answer 16

Evidence shows that CBT doesn’t reduce all symptoms or prevent relapse.

Question 17

What was the evidence that showed this

Answer 17

Mckenna and Kingdon compared CBT to routine treatment and another non-biological treatment.

Question 18

What were teh results McKenna and Kingdon found

Answer 18

CBT was only superior in 2 or the 9 trails.

Question 19

What is a strength of CBT (NICE)

Answer 19

CBT is supported by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

Question 20

What did NICE do to find evidence for CBT

Answer 20

Conducted a meta analysis of high quality research on CBT

Question 21

What were the results NICE fond in this meta analysis

Answer 21

CBT was effective in reducing rehospitalisation rates for up to 18 months for people with schizophrenia

• reduced avarage time spent in hospital (8.26 days)
• reduced symptom severity

Question 22

What does this evidence show

Answer 22

Good evidence for the effectiveness of CBT as a treatment.